This collection brings together a wide ranging selection of reflections and sermons of Michael Ramsey given during his time as Archbishop of Canterbury.
They are filled with his characteristic wisdom, but also many of them have a surprisingly contemporary punch about them. For example his speech in the Lords about reform of the Divorce Laws touches many of the issues that are at play in the current debates around gay marriage - is it the Church or the State that gets to decide what marriage is?
The final section of pastoral essays has a clear unifying message, that is, the Church needs o be centred on the prayerful attention to the Lord, the world is busy and over crowded with distractions (and if that was true of the early 60s how much more so is it true for us) and the Church, as an institution and as individuals, is often tempted to ever increasing activity - however this will amount to nothing if its foundation is not prayer - again and again the quote is "Be still and know that I am God". If we really must have Mission Action Plans then let the first "Action" by "Be still and know that I am God".
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